Workers wearing protective gear spray disinfectant to help prevent the spread of the COVID-19 coronavirus at a subway station in Seoul.JOHANNESBURG - South Africa's central bank has warned citizens against scammers visiting homes to"recall" banknotes and coins they said were contaminated with the novel coronavirus.
The criminals carried fake identification badges and provided false receipts to victims, who were told they could exchange the slips for"clean" cash at any bank.The bank said in a statement issued late Monday that it had"neither withdrawn any banknotes or coins nor issued any instruction to hand in banknotes or coins that may be contaminated".
"There currently is no evidence that the COVID-19 virus is transmitted through the use of banknotes and coins," said the statement. Tricksters took advantage of nervous citizens on Monday, as many people remained home and rushed to supermarkets to stock up on groceries. South Africa's biggest private healthcare provider Netcare warned that thieves, masquerading as doctors screening for coronavirus, were going round trying to gain access into people's homes."Criminals are going to homes in various areas claiming to be from Netcare... with door-to-door screening for COVID-19," said a statement by the Netcare group.
BothaMiriam People who are charging R 59 for a face mask and R 1000 for 300ml sanitiser should be ashamed of themselves. We are making our own, at 50c per mask. And a cake of Lifebuoy soap works miracles.
And what about the scare-mongers who set the hype, hysteria n fear into the world in the first place?
pule76165490 Well if we look at the cowardly delinquent Julius_S_Malema and his efftellytubbies followers as a example we can easily see how gullible our population is.
This is happening in eastern cape now Scamming elders😪
Huh?
you like to write wrong news... who are fearful South Africans?
We need stores to limit the amount of products people take, bulk buying is harmful to the less fortunate. COVID19SouthAfrica
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